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External HD used as cache/temp

  • 30-12-2006 8:49pm
    #1
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭


    Hey all,

    Got a MyBook 250Gb external drive there the other day. Very happy with it. But I've noticed that windows seems to be using it as a temp store or cache. For example, this evening I was slipstreaming some hotfixes into a XP SP2 install and while it was integrating it was temporarily writing files to the h drive (the ext drive). Is there a way I can prevent this? The ext HD is a lil noisier and not as fast as my internal drive.

    Cheers

    R


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  • #2
    Karoma
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    How much free space is there on the main drive (C: ), and were you working from the ext. HDD?
    Control panel -> system -> Advanced -> Performance -> Advanced -> ext_HDD: ==> set to No Paging (Under virtual memory)?


  • #3
    formatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭formatman


    irlrobins wrote:
    Hey all,

    Got a MyBook 250Gb external drive there the other day. Very happy with it. But I've noticed that windows seems to be using it as a temp store or cache. For example, this evening I was slipstreaming some hotfixes into a XP SP2 install and while it was integrating it was temporarily writing files to the h drive (the ext drive). Is there a way I can prevent this? The ext HD is a lil noisier and not as fast as my internal drive.

    Cheers

    R

    ensure Windows is not indexing the drive ( properties of the drive in m computer)


  • #4
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Karoma wrote:
    How much free space is there on the main drive (C: ), and were you working from the ext. HDD?
    Control panel -> system -> Advanced -> Performance -> Advanced -> ext_HDD: ==> set to No Paging (Under virtual memory)?
    32Gb free on the C drive and no, wasn't working from ext HD. Just two partitions on the internal drive. (copying files from c: to d:) no paging set on all drives bar the c drive.


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